FURTHER AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 203 DATED 27 SEPTEMBER 1994, AS AMENDED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 356, DATED 12 JULY 1996

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WHEREAS, Executive Order No.
203, dated 27 September 1994, created the oversight and executive Committees
for the Social Reform Agenda;

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 203
was amended by Executive Order No. 356, dated 12 July 1996, to provide for the
expanded membership of the Social Reform Council and the implementing
guidelines on the institutional arrangements to fast-track SRA localization;

WHEREAS, one of the demands made
by the Children/Youth/Students Sector was the creation of a separate Children’s
Sector with clearly defined and distinct programs, services and activities
under the SRA;

WHEREAS, children below 15 years
of age have social welfare needs that cut across all age levels, and
disadvantaged children have unique problems and needs that should be addressed
separately from that of students and youth;

WHEREAS, existing children’s
programs and services are focused on “survival” and “health” measures that are
essential to their well-being, but lack activities that develop the
responsibility of children to participate in community and governmental planning
and decision-making;

WHEREAS, the United Nations
Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Philippine Plan of Action for
Children recognize the right of children to participate in associations,
organizations and formal groups designed to promote their total growth and
development;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V.
RAMOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers
vested in me by law, do hereby order the amendment of Executive Order No. 203,
dated 27 September 1994, as amended by Executive Order No. 356, dated 12 July
1996 to create a separate Children’s Sector in the Social Reform Council 
and to encourage representation of Children in all relevant political, social
and cultural structures of the government.

The Council for the Welfare of
Children together with the Department of Social Welfare and Development, as the
flagship champion for the Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social
Services and the Children’s Sectoral Council of Leaders, shall spearhead and
oversee the formulation of the National Children’s Development Plan.

This Executive Order shall take
effect immediately.

DONE, in the City of Manila,
this 20th day of June in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety
Seven.

(Sgd.) FIDEL
V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary

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